WALSH, William Francis, (father of James T. Walsh),
a Representative from New York; born in Syracuse, Onondaga County,
N.Y., July 11, 1912; graduated from Most Holy Rosary High School, Syracuse,
N.Y., 1930; A.B., St. Bonaventure College, 1934; attended Catholic University
School of Social Work, 1939-1940; M.A., social work, University of Buffalo,
1949; attended Syracuse University, Maxwell School, 1950; LL.D., St.
Bonaventure University, 1970; enlisted as a private in the United States Army,
One Hundred and First Antitank Battalion, 1941; served in Pacific Theater;
honorably discharged, 1946, with rank of captain, United States Air Force;
elected Welfare Commissioner, Onondaga County, 1959; elected mayor of Syracuse,
1961; reelected, 1965, and served until 1969; member, New York State Public
Service Commission, 1970; delegate, New York State Republican conventions,
1966-1970; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968; elected as a
Republican-Conservative to the Ninety-third and to the two succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate for
reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; died on January 8, 2011, in
Marcellus, N.Y.